Derrick Rose lifts Wolves with 29 in second half, last-second winner

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    Derrick Rose and the Minnesota Timberwolvesneeded this one.

    With 30 seconds left, Rose missed the first of two free throws and was kicking himself for failing to give his team the lead.

    "I kept saying, 'You're going to get another shot,'" Taj Gibson said he told his longtime teammate. Twenty-nine seconds later, Rose proved Gibson prophetic.

    Rose hit an 18-footer with 0.9 seconds left to give the Wolves a 116-114 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night. He carried his team by scoring 29 of his 31 points in the second half to help Minnesota overcome an 11-point deficit.

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